The 1914–15 PCHA season was the fourth

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of the professional men's ice hockey

Pacific Coast Hockey Association The Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) was a professional ice hockey league in Western Canada and the Western United States, which operated from 1911 to 1924 when it then merged with the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). The PCHA was cons ...

league. Season play ran from December 8, 1914, until March 9, 1915. The schedule was made for each team to play 18 games, but like the previous three seasons, one game was cancelled. The

Vancouver Millionaires The Vancouver Millionaires (later known as the Vancouver Maroons) were a professional ice hockey team that competed in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Western Canada Hockey League between 1911 and 1926. Based in Vancouver, British Co ...

club were the PCHA champions. After the season the club faced off against the

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, NHA champions for the

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, winning the series and becoming the first west-coast team to win the Cup.

League business

The franchise of the

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was transferred to

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, and renamed the "Rosebuds." The league established a "farm system" called the Boundary Hockey League in the British Columbia towns of Grand Forks, Greenwood and Phoenix. ;Rule changes The league banned body checking within of the boards.

Teams

Map of teams

Regular season

Rookie

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led the league with 33 goals, while Cyclone Taylor won the scoring title. The two led the Vancouver Millionaires to the league title, winning 13 of 17 games.

Final standings

''Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals against''

Results

*^a Cancelled A game between Vancouver and Victoria was cancelled at the end of the season. Source: Coleman, p. 271

All-Star games

On March 15 and 17 two All-Star games were played in Portland between the league champions Vancouver Millionaires and a PCHA All-Star aggregation made out of players from the Portland Rosebuds and the Victoria Aristocrats. Vancouver won the first game at the Portland Ice Hippodrome 9 goals to 8, with Cyclone Taylor scoring four times for the winning side, and with Lester Patrick having an impressive five goals and three assists for the losing side, figuring in all of the All-Stars goals. Vancouver managed to win also the second game by a one-goal margin, defeating the All-Stars 4 goals to 3. Frank Nighbor made a good showing for the winning side with two goals, and for the All-Stars Ran McDonald scored twice."Vancouver Champions Win Over the All-Stars Again"
''The Sun'' (Vancouver). March 18, 1915 (pg. 6). Retrieved 2021-05-15.

Playoffs

The champion Vancouver Millionaires hosted the finals against the

, NHA champions. Vancouver won the series and became the first west-coast team to win the Cup.

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Goaltending averages

Vancouver Millionaires 1915 Stanley Cup champions

References

Notes

Bibliography

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